Seismic Hazard Analysis for the Bangalore Region |
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Authors: | T G Sitharam P Anbazhagan |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560012, India |
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Abstract: | Indian peninsular shield, which was once considered to be seismically stable, is experiencing many earthquakes recently. As
part of the national level microzonation programme, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India has initiated microzonation
of greater Bangalore region. The seismic hazard analysis of Bangalore region is carried out as part of this project. The paper
presents the determination of maximum credible earthquake (MCE) and generation of synthetic acceleration time history plot
for the Bangalore region. MCE has been determined by considering the regional seismotectonic activity in about 350 km radius
around Bangalore city. The seismotectonic map has been prepared by considering the faults, lineaments, shear zones in the
area and historic earthquake events of more than 150 events. Shortest distance from the Bangalore to the different sources
is measured and then peak ground acceleration (PGA) is calculated for the different source and moment magnitude. Maximum credible
earthquake found in terms of moment magnitude is 5.1 with PGA value of 0.146 g at city centre with assuming the hypo central
distance of 15.88 km from the focal point. Also, correlations for the fault length with historic earthquake in terms of moment
magnitude, yields (taking the rupture fault length as 5% of the total fault length) a PGA value of 0.159 g. Acceleration time
history (ground motion) and a response acceleration spectrum for the corresponding magnitude has been generated using synthetic
earthquake model considering the regional seismotectonic parameters. The maximum spectral acceleration obtained is 0.332 g
for predominant period of 0.06 s. The PGA value and synthetic earthquake ground motion data from the identified vulnerable
source using seismotectonic map will be useful for the PGA mapping and microzonation of the area. |
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Keywords: | seismic hazard MCE PGA seismotectonic fault length |
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